Story: "The Jumping Cat Tune" by Anne Denehy
(Repeated on BBC1 at 4.15 pm)
(Colour)
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Story: "The Jumping Cat Tune" by Anne Denehy
(Repeated on BBC1 at 4.15 pm)
(Colour)
Outside broadcast cameras are once again at the giant Eisteddfod Pavilion in Haverfordwest to bring you this colourful annual event.
First day
The final two hours' play direct from The Oval
with Clive Jacobs and the BBC's reporters and correspondents at home and abroad
Weather
The Great Boer War, 1899-1902 recalled by the men who fought it
Written and narrated by Kenneth Griffith
From the very beginning of the war the Boers established a murderous superiority in marksmanship - and tactics. Defeat followed defeat for the British: at Modder River; the Siege of Ladysmith; the Battle of Spion Kop.
But, as their memories of these tragic months reveal, the ordinary soldiers, Boer and British, retained their humanity - and their sense of humour.
(Colour)
by Jane Austen
Dramatised in six parts by Denis Constanduros
Frank Churchill and Emma have been discussing Jane Fairfax and the mystery behind the piano which she has been given.
A series of ten programmes
with Kenneth Hudson
The third of a new series looking at Britain's industrial heritage.
Under the shadow of Snowdon stands a gaunt stone fortress, but this building had no military purpose. It was, in fact, the head-quarters of the Dinorwic Slate Quarry. Here in this isolated valley was a totally self-contained industry which trained its own incredibly skilled men and maintained its own massive machines - the Welsh slate industry.
The last programme of a series in which the award-winning actor has visited different London theatres to recall some of the music and drama they have presented.
with special guests Una Stubbs, Gary Raymond, Jan Waters, Nicky Henson and Laurence Carter
The Irving Davies Dancers, The Mike Sammes Singers
(Jan Waters is in "Show Boat" at the Adelphi Theatre, London)
(Colour)
Richie Benaud introduces highlights of the first day's play at The Oval
(Midnight Raid)
Starring Michael Constantin, Daniel Ivernel, Franco Interlenghi, Irene Tunc
The third of six films in our summer selection comes from France and has not been shown commercially in Britain. It is a policier in the best French tradition and chronicles a brazen attempt to loot an entire town. There are no leaders, just 12 men working independently with military precision...
(This Week's Films: page 9)